Statesmanlike

a. [f. STATESMAN¹ + -LIKE.] Having the qualities characteristic of a statesman; befitting or worthy of a statesman.

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1801. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XII. 588. The admirable statesmanlike pamphlet of the Earl of Liverpool.

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1838. Dickens, Nich. Nick., xvi. A statesmanlike habit of keeping his feelings under control.

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1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xi. III. 31. The orator who took the most statesmanlike view of the subject was old Maynard.

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1885. Public Opin., 9 Jan., 34/2. Mr. Chamberlain … spoke with statesmanlike prudence and emphasis.

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